Linking is back

[UncleYoda]

Legal or not I don't know.  Maybe rogue repeater owner flaunting the rules.  Just one so far but it's national in scope.

[WRKC935]

really????? here we go again.

 

[WRXB215]

No, it's not "back."

[Socalgmrs]

Many never went off line. Since it’s always been illegal some follow the rules some don’t.  

[amaff]

On a scale of "it is so over" to "we are so back," how back are we?
 

[OffRoaderX]

It never really went away, and as already posted, its no more against the rules now than it was before and the linked-network owners know this.

[UncleYoda]

56 minutes ago, amaff said:

On a scale of "it is so over" to "we are so back," how back are we?
 

I don't know about the rest of the country.  The linked systems around me were shut down (unlinked) for a while (maybe a couple of months).  The national one is back up tonight; that's all I know right now (I've been monitoring mostly 2m for hurricane relief).  I'll listen more to see if I hear discussion about it.

[kc9pke]

It's actually Joever

[WRUE951]

very small handful of out=laws that will learn the hard way..  At last count there are about 3 of them the FCC is keeping tabs upon...  Before you get all excited 'Randy'   I never reveal my sources.   So STFU..  

[MarkInTampa]

It died down but never went away in my neighborhood. One is still linked but doesn't have nearly the traffic it once had but still a lot of out of state traffic.

[Raybestos]

12 hours ago, UncleYoda said:

I don't know about the rest of the country.  The linked systems around me were shut down (unlinked) for a while (maybe a couple of months).  The national one is back up tonight; that's all I know right now (I've been monitoring mostly 2m for hurricane relief).  I'll listen more to see if I hear discussion about it.

There was the "play to play" group.  They rightly dropped their link.  Then came Helene and they used the excuse of "disaster/emergency" to re-activate their toy.  From monitoring them, the re-linking, as before, served no useful or legitimate purpose.  It just ensured that multiple repeaters across a 75-100 mile stretch were clogged with conversations that sounded like 99% of the time, were taking place on one repeater.  As before, one conversation on  one repeater rendered multiple repeaters useless while it was in progress.  As before, it was poor stewardship of available repeater and frequency resources.  But hey, "we are in a disaster/ emergency".   It also ensured that some clown playing with DTMF tones was "enjoyed" by all, as were occasional lengthy bursts of white noise in the system.  They seem to have finally de-linked, at least until something else can be used as an excuse to re-activate their toy.

Then, there is the more local bunch that was part of a network with a name that sounds like something to do with fuel effeciency.  Looking on-line, that network appears to have all but fallen off of the map, yet listening to that system, it sounds apparent that it is still hooked into something and not a stand-alone.

 

[OffRoaderX]

2 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

At last count there are about 3 of them the FCC is keeping tabs upon...  Before you get all excited 'Randy'   I never reveal my sources.

Probably because you are making it up. But when the FCC puts them in jail I will be the first to say I was wrong.

[UncleYoda]

13 minutes ago, Raybestos said:

There was the "play to play" group.  They rightly dropped their link.  Then came Helene ...

Then, there is the more local bunch that was part of a network with a name that sounds like something to do with fuel effeciency.  Looking on-line, that network appears to have all but fallen off of the map, yet listening to that system, it sounds apparent that it is still hooked into something and not a stand-alone.

 

I haven't taken time to monitor the pay-to-play group that I used to be a member of - too busy following NC hurricane relief.  I agree that this sort of emergency/disaster is not a good reason to link; stand-alone repeaters might even be more useful in that scenario..

That other one is the one I was referring to.  I heard the former regular user from the Chicago area say he was glad to be back so I know there was some kind of link active.  And they did mention the same network by name but no details.

[WRUE951]

58 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

Probably because you are making it up. But when the FCC puts them in jail I will be the first to say I was wrong.

you know they won't put them in jail.  I don't think the FCC as ever put anyone in jail..  Put for sure, they will draw the hammer  

[amaff]

15 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

Put for sure, they will draw the hammer  

In crayon, likely.

[WRUE951]

40 minutes ago, amaff said:

In crayon, likely.

that won't work with those outlaws   Stick with the Verb

[OffRoaderX]

1 hour ago, WRUE951 said:

Put for sure, they will draw the hammer  

They will!  ... and then you'll wake up and it will be time to catch the bus.

[WRUE951]

1 minute ago, OffRoaderX said:

They will!  ... and then you'll wake up and it will be time to catch the bus.

I'll save a seat for you Randy,,  In the back row  

[WRQD922]

Most of the above post sounds like 11 meter crap to me. Very sad. 

[UncleYoda]

Sounds like the typical infantile behavior here that the owner always ignores and wastes our time wading through useless posts, if we even bother reading.   What I'd expect where a you-tuber is the hero.  Back to the topic, I haven't heard anymore yet.

[CaptainSarcastic]

[WRXS592]

https://www.change.org/p/demand-fcc-to-allow-all-network-connections-to-gmrs-repeaters-and-radios
 

Demand FCC to Allow All Network Connections to GMRS Repeaters and Radios

Take the next step!

[OffRoaderX]

It's cute that you think "signatures" on a website are actually going to accomplish anything (HINT: it wont).

[Raybestos]

40 minutes ago, WRXS592 said:

https://www.change.org/p/demand-fcc-to-allow-all-network-connections-to-gmrs-repeaters-and-radios
 

Demand FCC to Allow All Network Connections to GMRS Repeaters and Radios

Take the next step!

Uhhh....no.....

I am not going to ask or demand that the FCC allow unnecessary clogging up of the eight few channels we have for repeater and 50W simplex use, thereby turning GMRS into something it was never even remotely intended to be.